Object details
Object number
9.a.3.2
Creator(s)
Title
The Theory and Practice of Gardening [La Théorie et la Pratique du Jardinage où l'on Traite à Fond des Beaux Jardins]
Date
1709
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Brown leather binding with gilded lettering on spine
Description
4 p. l., 208 p. plates (part double, part fold.) 26 cm.
Dimensions
26 x 20 x 3.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): "AVANCEZ" [unidentified coat of arms topped with a tower]
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top): Vol =
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf reverse, top): A H / 6 [crossed out]
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf reverse, top): 0.8 / 6
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top): plates -
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $20 on 17 July 1922.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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